MSR Fling Tent 2-Person 3-Season - 2007 BCS

I just weighed my tent on a food grade scale and came up with the tent weighing 3lbs and the poles at 1lb 5oz. A little more than rated. I like the tent, some condensation. A good one man tent.

Great tent for space/weight ratio. I recommend you put your
boots and backpack in a garbage bag outside the tent and carry a small sponge or modesty towel as the Japanese call it to wipe down the inside of the tent. These things may take an extra minute to do, but makes for dryer more comfortable living on the longer/cooler/wetter trips. As you can tell I love this tent.

This tent is officially bad-ass. Very light, extremely well made, and very easy to put up/take down. I've gone on many one-nighters and several "several-nighters," and its been wonderful. I haven't gone through a downpour in it, but an hours-long, persistent drizzle came down and I was as dry as a bone! (well, it was slightly damp, but only because the air itself was damp...I was initially hesitant about its lack of a fly, but this one rain event left me dry and warm. When I bought it, I also got the footprint, and highly recommend it)
I am going on a week-long trip to Yosemite's high country in August, and am very confident that the Fling will be more than enough.
Way to be, MSR! I look forward to many miles of backcountry travel and many years' use in this tent. I'd give three thumbs up, if I could!

I purchased this tent last summer specifically for a trip to Isle Royale National Park. I was looking for a two person tent that was light enough to carry solo yet have plenty of room for my stuff and my gear. This tent fit the bill. Temps ranged from 40-60, it rained quite hard one night, and like the previous reviewer I did notice some condensation. I however did not think it was excessive considering its single wall design. If you properly stake the guy lines and make sure the vents are open, it shouldn't cause a problem. All in all a great design and I'd definitely recommend it. Probably the lightest 2 person freestanding tent you'll find.

I purchased the Fling tent this spring, and used it for the first time during a 6-day backpacking trip in Colorado's Indian Peaks Wilderness in August. It’s light and very roomy, but condensation was a major problem. The inner walls of the tent were soaked 5 out of 6 mornings. We set up the tent in the prescribed manner, and also tried variations, to increase ventilation, but nothing helped. Our camps were between 10,400 and 11,000 ft with no precipitation, but we slept damp every night due to condensation. I cannot recommend this tent except for camping in arid areas.

I've had this fantastically lightweight tent for more than 2 yrs now and it has done what it is supposed to do-as a single wall-quite well. It has a fun, creative design, with MSRs wonderful orange color to brightly light up the tent. If I liked single wall tents then I think I'd keep this tent for a long time. Unfortunately, because of this tent, I've discovered I don't like single walls because when they get packed wet, they get unfurled wet. With a double wall at least the tent body can remain dry. The Fling accumulates condensation quite easily, even with only one person in the tent, although it does flow down the sides and out the vents exceedingly well. For me, though, this means that every morning I have to dry out the inside of the tent - a pain. I found myself worrying about having a wet tent whenever I used it, so I've switched to a double wall. BUT, again, if you like single wall tents and don't mind condensation build up, then the Fling could be great for you.

Nice tent, dry, a little claustrophobic for my tastes, ventilation adequate if you set it up properly (open end into the wind). Forget the vestibule, it's just not functional but to keep the reain out of the 1/2 window. Candidly, my double-walled ultralight (TNF FLight series)provide more useable space, better condensation handling and better venting... plus I can flip the fly back and star-gaze on warm nights) for just a couple extra oz.

The MSR will be my loaner tent for my newbie camping buddies who don't have their own gear.